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Saffron Walden — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Saffron Walden was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 27,594 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Saffron Walden from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Herbert Colstoun Gardner (Liberal) 4,755 61.3% Charles Hedley Strutt (Conservative) 1,749 (22.5 pts) 83.4%
1886 Herbert Colstoun Gardner (Liberal) 4,059 55.0% George William Brewis (Conservative) 740 (10.0 pts) 79.3%
1892 Herbert Colstoun Gardner (Liberal) 4,564 63.0% Philip Vernon Smith (Conservative) 1,881 (26.0 pts) 79.7%
1895 Charles Gold (Liberal) 3,806 53.0% Charles Wing Gray (Conservative) 425 (5.9 pts) 80.6%
1900 Armine Wodehouse (Liberal) 3,247 50.9% Charles Wing Gray (Conservative) 110 (1.7 pts) 74.6%
1906 Joseph Albert Pease (Liberal) 4,203 58.9% Walter Balfour Barttelot (Conservative) 1,268 (17.8 pts) 81.3%
Jan 1910 Douglas James Proby (Conservative) 4,283 51.6% Joseph Albert Pease (Liberal) 272 (3.3 pts) 90.3%
Dec 1910 Arthur Cecil Tyrell Beck (Liberal) 4,071 50.2% Douglas James Proby (Conservative) 40 (0.5 pts) 88.2%
1918 Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck (Liberal) 10,628 70.1% James Joseph Mallon (Labour) 6,097 (40.2 pts) 47.8%
1922 William Foot Mitchell (Unionist) 9,844 43.6% William Cash (Labour) 3,047 (13.5 pts) 71.1%
1923 William Foot Mitchell (Unionist) 9,652 44.3% William Cash (Labour) 3,254 (14.9 pts) 67.7%
1924 William Foot Mitchell (Unionist) 12,289 51.6% William Cash (Labour) 5,949 (25.0 pts) 73.1%
1929 Richard Austen Butler (Unionist) 13,561 44.4% William Cash (Labour) 4,919 (16.1 pts) 75.8%
1931 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 22,501 77.7% Sidney Stanley Wilson (Labour) 16,033 (55.4 pts) 70.4%
1935 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 19,669 67.1% Clara Dorothea Rackham (Labour) 10,036 (34.2 pts) 69.2%
1945 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 16,950 46.9% Sidney Stanley Wilson (Labour) 1,158 (3.2 pts) 74.5%
1950 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 19,797 49.9% Sidney Stanley Wilson (Labour) 4,889 (12.3 pts) 84.4%
1951 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 20,564 52.0% Reginald Groves (Labour) 5,319 (13.4 pts) 83.1%
1955 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 20,671 54.2% Hampden Horne (Labour) 6,418 (16.8 pts) 79.6%
1959 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 20,955 53.2% Rev Hampden N Horne (Labour) 6,782 (17.2 pts) 81.2%
1964 Richard Austen Butler (Conservative) 20,610 48.5% Michael D Cornish (Labour) 4,955 (11.7 pts) 82.4%
1966 Peter Kirk (Conservative) 20,441 47.4% Stephen Haseler (Labour) 3,265 (7.6 pts) 82.5%
1970 Peter Kirk (Conservative) 24,549 52.9% Kenneth Weetch (Labour) 9,664 (20.8 pts) 77.3%
Oct 1974 Peter Kirk (Conservative) 21,291 43.7% Frank Moore (Liberal) 6,521 (13.4 pts) 78.1%
Feb 1974 Peter Kirk (Conservative) 23,013 44.6% Frank Moore (Liberal) 7,545 (14.6 pts) 83.4%
1979 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 28,563 53.8% Andrew Phillips (Liberal) 15,363 (28.9 pts) 81.6%
1983 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 30,869 57.8% John Torode (Social Democratic Party) 15,249 (28.6 pts) 76.9%
1987 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 33,354 57.7% Mark Hayes (Liberal) 16,602 (28.7 pts) 79.0%
1992 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 35,272 56.6% Mark Hayes (Liberal Democrat) 17,424 (28.0 pts) 83.2%
1997 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 25,871 45.3% Melvin Caton (Liberal Democrat) 10,573 (18.5 pts) 77.0%
2001 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 24,485 48.9% Elfreda Tealby-Watson (Liberal Democrat) 12,004 (24.0 pts) 65.2%
2005 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 27,263 51.4% Elfreda Tealby-Watson (Liberal Democrat) 13,008 (24.5 pts) 68.3%
2010 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 30,155 55.5% Peter Wilcock (Liberal Democrat) 15,242 (28.0 pts) 71.6%
2015 Alan Haselhurst (Conservative) 32,926 57.2% Peter Day (UKIP) 24,991 (43.4 pts) 71.7%
2017 Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) 37,629 61.8% Jane Berney (Labour) 24,966 (41.0 pts) 73.6%
2019 Kemi Badenoch (Conservative) 39,714 63.0% Mike Hibbs (Liberal Democrat) 27,594 (43.7 pts) 72.9%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Colstoun Gardner Liberal 4,75561.3% Yes
Charles Hedley Strutt Conservative 3,00638.7% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Colstoun Gardner Liberal 4,05955.0% Yes
George William Brewis Conservative 3,31945.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Herbert Colstoun Gardner Liberal 4,56463.0% Yes
Philip Vernon Smith Conservative 2,68337.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Gold Liberal 3,80653.0% Yes
Charles Wing Gray Conservative 3,38147.0% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Armine Wodehouse Liberal 3,24750.9% Yes
Charles Wing Gray Conservative 3,13749.1% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Joseph Albert Pease Liberal 4,20358.9% Yes
Walter Balfour Barttelot Conservative 2,93541.1% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas James Proby Conservative 4,28351.6% Yes
Joseph Albert Pease Liberal 4,01148.4% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Cecil Tyrell Beck Liberal 4,07150.2% Yes
Douglas James Proby Conservative 4,03149.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck Liberal 10,62870.1% Yes
James Joseph Mallon Labour 4,53129.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Foot Mitchell Unionist 9,84443.6% Yes
William Cash Labour 6,79730.1% No
William Dawson Harbinson National Liberal 3,09713.7% No
Robert McNair Wilson Liberal 2,85312.6% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Foot Mitchell Unionist 9,65244.3% Yes
William Cash Labour 6,39829.3% No
Robert McNair Wilson Liberal 5,75226.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Foot Mitchell Unionist 12,28951.6% Yes
William Cash Labour 6,34026.6% No
Arthur Musgrave Mathews Liberal 5,19521.8% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Unionist 13,56144.4% Yes
William Cash Labour 8,64228.3% No
Arthur Musgrove Mathews Liberal 8,30727.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 22,50177.7% Yes
Sidney Stanley Wilson Labour 6,46822.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 19,66967.1% Yes
Clara Dorothea Rackham Labour 9,63332.9% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 16,95046.9% Yes
Sidney Stanley Wilson Labour 15,79243.7% No
George Adolphus Edinger Liberal 3,3959.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 19,79749.9% Yes
Sidney Stanley Wilson Labour 14,90837.6% No
William Oliver Smedley Liberal 4,96312.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 20,56452.0% Yes
Reginald Groves Labour 15,24538.5% No
William Oliver Smedley Liberal 3,7749.5% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 20,67154.2% Yes
Hampden Horne Labour 14,25337.4% No
Helen Carson Liberal 3,2098.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 20,95553.2% Yes
Rev Hampden N Horne Labour 14,17336.0% No
David J Ridley Liberal 4,24510.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Austen Butler Conservative 20,61048.5% Yes
Michael D Cornish Labour 15,65536.9% No
Frank PD Moore Liberal 5,53913.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Kirk Conservative 20,44147.4% Yes
Stephen Haseler Labour 17,17639.8% No
Frank Moore Liberal 5,48712.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Kirk Conservative 24,54952.9% Yes
Kenneth Weetch Labour 14,88532.1% No
Frank Moore Liberal 6,95915.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Kirk Conservative 21,29143.7% Yes
Frank Moore Liberal 14,77030.3% No
Henry Green Labour 12,65226.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Kirk Conservative 23,01344.6% Yes
Frank Moore Liberal 15,46830.0% No
John Dowsett Labour 13,13825.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 28,56353.8% Yes
Andrew Phillips Liberal 13,20024.9% No
Ben Stoneham Labour 10,54719.9% No
William Smedley Independent 4250.8% No
Roger John Bailey National Front 3420.6% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 30,86957.8% Yes
John Torode Social Democratic Party 15,62029.3% No
Robert Philip Trory Labour 6,07811.4% No
William Smedley All Party Anti-Common Market 7971.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 33,35457.7% Yes
Mark Hayes Liberal 16,75229.0% No
Robert Gifford Labour 6,67411.5% No
George Hannah Green 8161.4% No
William Smedley All Party Anti-Common Market 2170.4% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 35,27256.6% Yes
Mark Hayes Liberal Democrat 17,84828.6% No
John Kotz Labour 8,93314.3% No
Michael Miller Natural Law 2600.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 25,87145.3% Yes
Melvin Caton Liberal Democrat 15,29826.8% No
Malcolm Fincken Labour 12,27521.5% No
Richard Glover Referendum Party 2,3084.0% No
Ian Evans UKIP 6581.2% No
Barry Tyler Independent 4860.9% No
Christopher Edwards Natural Law 1540.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 24,48548.9% Yes
Elfreda Tealby-Watson Liberal Democrat 12,48124.9% No
Tania Rogers Labour 11,30522.6% No
Richard Glover UKIP 1,7693.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 27,26351.4% Yes
Elfreda Tealby-Watson Liberal Democrat 14,25526.9% No
Swatantra Nandanwar Labour 8,75516.5% No
Raymond Tyler UKIP 1,4122.7% No
Raymond Brown English Democrats 8601.6% No
Trevor Hackett Veritas 4750.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 30,15555.5% Yes
Peter Wilcock Liberal Democrat 14,91327.4% No
Barbara Light Labour 5,2889.7% No
Roger Lord UKIP 2,2284.1% No
Chrissie Mitchell BNP 1,0501.9% No
Karmel Hossain Green 7351.4% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Haselhurst Conservative 32,92657.2% Yes
Peter Day UKIP 7,93513.8% No
Jane Berney Labour 6,79111.8% No
Mike Hibbs Liberal Democrat 6,07910.6% No
Karmel Stannard Green 2,1743.8% No
Heather Asker Residents for Uttlesford 1,6582.9% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kemi Badenoch Conservative 37,62961.8% Yes
Jane Berney Labour 12,66320.8% No
Mike Hibbs Liberal Democrat 8,52814.0% No
Lorna Howe UKIP 2,0913.4% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Kemi Badenoch Conservative 39,71463.0% Yes
Mike Hibbs Liberal Democrat 12,12019.2% No
Thomas Van de Bilt Labour 8,30513.2% No
Coby Wing Green 2,9474.7% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 22.5 pts 1886: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1892: Liberal margin 26.0 pts 1895: Liberal margin 5.9 pts 1900: Liberal margin 1.7 pts 1906: Liberal margin 17.8 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 3.3 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1918: Liberal margin 40.2 pts 1922: Unionist margin 13.5 pts 1923: Unionist margin 14.9 pts 1924: Unionist margin 25.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 16.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 55.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 34.2 pts 1945: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1950: Conservative margin 12.3 pts 1951: Conservative margin 13.4 pts 1955: Conservative margin 16.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 11.7 pts 1966: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1970: Conservative margin 20.8 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 13.4 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 14.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 28.9 pts 1983: Conservative margin 28.6 pts 1987: Conservative margin 28.7 pts 1992: Conservative margin 28.0 pts 1997: Conservative margin 18.5 pts 2001: Conservative margin 24.0 pts 2005: Conservative margin 24.5 pts 2010: Conservative margin 28.0 pts 2015: Conservative margin 43.4 pts 2017: Conservative margin 41.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 43.7 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Saffron Walden has been contested at 36 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Saffron Walden in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Saffron Walden in 2019 with 39,714 votes (63.0%), a majority of 27,594 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Saffron Walden since 1885?

Since 1885, Saffron Walden has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Saffron Walden?

The closest result on record for Saffron Walden was Dec 1910, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 40 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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